mission in December 2014, the 780th EAS transported more than 83,000 US and coalition personnel and more than 5,800 tons of cargo through the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base transportation hub. Lineage Constituted as the 780th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 May 1943 Activated on 1 August 1943 Redesignated 780th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy 20 August 1943 Inactivated on 31 July 1945 Redesignated 780th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 14 November 1945 Redesignated 780th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 22 December 1952 Activated on 1 February 1953 Inactivated on 8 March 1958 Redesignated 780th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and converted to provisional status on 18 June 2002 Activated c. February 2014 Assignments 465th Bombardment Group, 1 August 1943 – 31 July 1945 465th Troop Carrier Group, 1 February 1953 465th Troop Carrier Wing, 12 March 1957 317th Troop Carrier Wing, 8 July 1957 – 8 March 1958 Air Mobility Command to activate or inactivate as needed on 18 June 2002 Stations Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, 1 August 1943 Kearns Army Air Base, Utah, c. 13 September 1943 McCook Army Air Field, Nebraska, c. 5 October 1943 – 1 February 1944 Pantanella Airfield, Italy, 15 March 1944 – June 1945 Waller Field, Trinidad, c. 15 June – 31 July 1945 Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina, 1 February 1953 – December 1953 Toul-Rosières Air Base, France, 26 December 1953 Évreux-Fauville Air Base, France, 6 December 1954 – 8 March 1958 Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, February 2014 – December 2014 Aircraft Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1945 Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, 1953–1957 Lockheed C-130A Hercules, 1957–1958 McDonnell Douglas C-17A Globemaster III, 2014–present Awards and campaigns References Notes Explanatory notes Citations Bibliography Airlift squadrons of the United States Air Force Air expeditionary squadrons of the United States Air Force